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gnturboray · 02-20-2012, 02:38 AM

Guys I've only owned by SS for several months but prior to buying it I had a 2011 Roush 5XR #30 in my garage. If you dont know what a 5XR is, its a limited # addition to the Stage 3 cars. It was the first super charged 5.0 production tuner car. It was a 6 spd manual and lowly rated at 525hp / 465lbs tq at 7lbs of boost at the flywheel but truthfully more around 540hp. The car was fast but was lacking in areas. For $53k I had base brakes, no sunroof, and the Shaker 500 stereo. I had the full Roush suspension with 3.73 gears, 20" Roush wheels and Cooper RS3 tires, boost gauge, Roush TVS2300, Roush axle back exhaust, Roush gauges, seats and floormats, Roush race peddals, badging and stripes, front facia and rear spoiler.
I bought the car on a whim but I should have known better, it was black with a lot of vinyl red stickers which was a cleaning / waxing nightmare and to top it off Im not a Ford guy AT ALL! I have a hard enough time with my black GN's!
Anyway I sold it to my neighbors brother who is a diehard Mustang guy. Mainly I got rid of the car because of the transmission issues. Though I had a full warranty through Ford / Roush, I couldn't modify the car without voiding it. As you see in my sig Im not worried about warranties UNLESS there is shoddy parts installed. The transmission rebuild was going to be $2,600 if it broke from mods. The new 5.0 also was having issues with piston clatter. On a blown car thats NO BUENO! To top it off Ford issued a TSB advising 5.0 owners not to modify their cars. If you want to read the TSB you can find it at fnsweet.com which is the Roush forums. All vendors except Ray Skillman Ford in Indiana (#1 Roush dealer) pulled their aftermarket FI setups and go fast goodies off the market.

Now to the meat of it, When I bought my SS back in Nov 11, I installed a Maggie with 5.5lbs, Roto-Fab CAI, Edelbrock 1 3/4 shortys, SLP Hushmouth through stock cats, BMR Level 3 suspension and the wheels you see in my sig. Pretty much as close to the Roush 5XR setup as I could. The difference was that I had at 520rwhp / 482rwtq with less boost. Since then more has been done to the SS but as close to apples to apples as I could get and the SS was heads and shoulders over the Stang. I love my Chebby!!

02-20-2012, 02:38 AM	#26
gnturboray Drives: SIM 2010 2SS/RS LS3 LPE750 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Mckinney, Texas Posts: 764	Guys I've only owned by SS for several months but prior to buying it I had a 2011 Roush 5XR #30 in my garage. If you dont know what a 5XR is, its a limited # addition to the Stage 3 cars. It was the first super charged 5.0 production tuner car. It was a 6 spd manual and lowly rated at 525hp / 465lbs tq at 7lbs of boost at the flywheel but truthfully more around 540hp. The car was fast but was lacking in areas. For $53k I had base brakes, no sunroof, and the Shaker 500 stereo. I had the full Roush suspension with 3.73 gears, 20" Roush wheels and Cooper RS3 tires, boost gauge, Roush TVS2300, Roush axle back exhaust, Roush gauges, seats and floormats, Roush race peddals, badging and stripes, front facia and rear spoiler. I bought the car on a whim but I should have known better, it was black with a lot of vinyl red stickers which was a cleaning / waxing nightmare and to top it off Im not a Ford guy AT ALL! I have a hard enough time with my black GN's! Anyway I sold it to my neighbors brother who is a diehard Mustang guy. Mainly I got rid of the car because of the transmission issues. Though I had a full warranty through Ford / Roush, I couldn't modify the car without voiding it. As you see in my sig Im not worried about warranties UNLESS there is shoddy parts installed. The transmission rebuild was going to be $2,600 if it broke from mods. The new 5.0 also was having issues with piston clatter. On a blown car thats NO BUENO! To top it off Ford issued a TSB advising 5.0 owners not to modify their cars. If you want to read the TSB you can find it at fnsweet.com which is the Roush forums. All vendors except Ray Skillman Ford in Indiana (#1 Roush dealer) pulled their aftermarket FI setups and go fast goodies off the market. Now to the meat of it, When I bought my SS back in Nov 11, I installed a Maggie with 5.5lbs, Roto-Fab CAI, Edelbrock 1 3/4 shortys, SLP Hushmouth through stock cats, BMR Level 3 suspension and the wheels you see in my sig. Pretty much as close to the Roush 5XR setup as I could. The difference was that I had at 520rwhp / 482rwtq with less boost. Since then more has been done to the SS but as close to apples to apples as I could get and the SS was heads and shoulders over the Stang. I love my Chebby!! Last edited by gnturboray; 02-20-2012 at 03:01 PM.